Generals Die in Bed

When asked to think about the military who doesn't picture a smartly attired military man in uniform The boots are polished with a mirror gloss. The pants creased to a sword's sharp edge. The belt buckle perfectly flushed and centered to the crisp shirt placket front…

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Sticks turned into battle weapons, guns and swords. And there's GI Joe and his theme song: "He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble. GI Joe is there. He never gives up. He'll stay til the fight's won. GI Joe will dare. GI Joe - A real American hero." (Kinder ) When picturing the outcome of the winning side of war - doesn't the picture include that of a soldier being greeted by his loving family at the airport; train station or dock - whole, happy and intact - a conqueror
Reading the book, Generals Die in Bed - puts a bitter end to all those illusions. Illusions created by those who benefit from recruiting the best of the citizens to contain or put down a disagreement with another society that will not be worked out in peace. The book holds back nothing in it's descriptions of the filth, cold, starvation, sleep privation and painful death.
The human nature wants to identify with others of the same kind while remaining a distinct individual. It is often this desire that one will find a name and good character among others of the same bent; and that entices us to join. "Identity is a result of classification of the world. Classification is the basic mental activity, universal although varied in form, and is the basis of cultural constructions' through which people make order in the universe of their perception. ...

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